Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | June 1, 1934 |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1983-2005 | Mississippi Valley State University |
2005-2012 | Tougaloo College |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 442-367 (.546) |
Tournaments | 0-3 NCAA Tournament record, 2-3 NAIA Tournament Record |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
SWAC Tournament Championship (1986, 1992, 1996) |
Lafayette Stribling is a retired basketball coach who coached 55 years at the high school level and college level . Stribling has an overall record of 442-367 at MVSU and Tougaloo College (316 at MVSU, 126 at Tougaloo).
Stribling led Mississippi Valley State as a 16 seed to a near upset of number one seed Duke in the 1986 NCAA Tournament before falling 85-78.
During his tenure at Tougaloo, Stribling led the "Super 7" (because there were only 7 players on the team) to a 16-2 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) record and a 28-5 record overall. Stribling and his Super 7 won the GCAC regular and tournament titles and finished in the "Sweet 16" of the NAIA tournament.